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Myanmar to have own digital currency
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/02/2022
» Myanmar’s military government plans to establish a digital currency to support domestic payments and boost the economy within the year and is assessing how to move forward, according to a top spokesman of the State Administration Council.
Most who test positive in UK Covid study had earlier infection
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/01/2022
» About two-thirds of the participants in a large UK Covid-19 study who tested positive this month reported a previous infection with the virus, researchers found.
A million vaccine shots tossed in Indonesia on short expiry date
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/01/2022
» More than a million Covid-19 vaccine shots expired in Indonesia before they could be given out, as most of them were donated with a short shelf life.
SpaceX satellite narrowly missed Chinese lab before complaint
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/12/2021
» A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the US and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as satellite constellations and debris proliferate in orbit.
Emerging markets seen rising in 2022, but not until July
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/12/2021
» Emerging-market assets are set to rise in 2022 as moderating inflation and accelerating growth trigger gains, but that won’t happen until the second half of the year.
Bitcoin mining entry triggers a 6,700% surge in Thai tech stock
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/12/2021
» A world-beating share rally by a Thai technology company after it unveiled an expansion into Bitcoin mining has surprised even the firm’s chairman.
Astra booster raises antibodies against Omicron
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/12/2021
» A third dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine significantly boosted neutralising antibodies against omicron, according to lab studies at the University of Oxford.
World’s biggest Ikea opens in Philippines as part of global push
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/11/2021
» Ikea opened its biggest store in the world in the Philippines, with the new 730,000 square foot facility in Manila a cornerstone of the home-furnishings giant’s expansion plans in Asia.
Malaysia sees little impact from EU’s deforestation curbs
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/11/2021
» The European Union’s new rulings to curb food and wood products that are linked to deforestation will have limited impact on Malaysian shipments of palm oil and timber into the bloc, according to a government official in the Asian country.
Gates sees Covid deaths drop to flu levels by mid-2022
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/11/2021
» Covid-19 deaths and infection rates may dip below seasonal flu levels by the middle of next year assuming new dangerous variants don’t emerge in the meantime, Bill Gates said.